Nehemiah 9:23

23 You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess.

Nehemiah 9:23 in Other Translations

KJV
23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
ESV
23 You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess.
NLT
23 You made their descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and brought them into the land you had promised to their ancestors.
MSG
23 You multiplied children for them, rivaling the stars in the night skies, And you brought them into the land that you promised their ancestors they would get and own.
CSB
23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You told their ancestors to go in and take possession [of it].

Nehemiah 9:23 In-Context

21 For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.
22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.
23 You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess.
24 Their children went in and took possession of the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased.
25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 12:2; S Leviticus 26:9; S Numbers 10:36
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